implement named return value optimization in the frontend

[mahkoh]

extern crate test;

pub struct X {
    x: [u8, ..1 << 10],
}

pub fn f() -> X {
    let mut x: X = unsafe { std::mem::uninitialized() };
    for i in range(0, x.x.len()) {
        x.x[i] = i as u8;
    }
    x
}

fn main() {
    let x = f();
    test::black_box(&x);
}

This function needs 2k stack space even though f is being inlined.

[thestinger]

Rust doesn't actually do named return value optimization right now.

[steveklabnik]

I'm pulling a massive triage effort to get us ready for 1.0. As part of this, I'm moving stuff that's wishlist-like to the RFCs repo, as that's where major new things should get discussed/prioritized.

This issue has been moved to the RFCs repo: rust-lang/rfcs#788